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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Louisville, KY

September 20, 2000Harrison County, Indiana; Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 2000, 7:29 PM EDT for Harrison County, Indiana; Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 16 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Sep 20, 2000, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Sep 20, 2000, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Harrison County, IN, Meade County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 20, 7:36 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60 E	Dogwood, IN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 20, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 221 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 323 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KLMK 202331
SVRSDF
INC061-KYC163-202345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
729 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MEADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 727 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR GARRETT...OR ABOUT 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BUENA VISTA AROUND 735 PM EDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY DAMAGING WINDS. 
IF YOU ARE IN THIS STORM'S PATH...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A STURDY 
STRUCTURE UNTIL IT HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ANY DOWNED 
POWER LINES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. rTHEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.

MARIEN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 20, 3:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 3:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
310 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000

THANKS ILN FOR SPECIAL 18Z SOUNDING.  PRONOUNCED SPEED SHEAR SHOWN ON
18Z ILN SOUNDING DATA FM SFC-H85.

MEANWHILE...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING STG S/W IN NW MO...MODELED TO
REACH FM THE CNTRL LKS THRU THE OH VLY TNGT. RGT ENRANCE RGN OF JET
THIS EVNG SHUD ENHANCE DIFFLUENCE ACR RGN THIS EVNG...HELPG TO PUMP
UP VERTICAL MOTION FIELDS.  WUD EXPECT CONVG AHD OF APRCHG CDFNT...
IN CONJUNCTION WITH APRCHG S/W ... TO ALLOW RATHER SIG SQUALL LINE
POTENTIAL TO MOVE ACRS OUR FORECAST AREA (FA) THIS EVNG...FOLLOWED
BY STATIFORM RAIN/EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS.

RUNNING UP LCL MESO STATS...SEEMS LIKE RATHER DECENT LIKELIHOOD OF
WND DAMAGE EVNT SPCLY NRN 1/2 OF FA. STRAIGHT LINE HODOGRAPH FM
ILN ALSO IMPLIES PSBL RGT TURNERS AND ISO TORNADOES ERY ON AS WELL.

OTHERWISE BUBBLE HIGH PRESSURE TO FOLLOW ON THU...WITH QUIET WX
THEN.

WEAK ISENTROPIC LFTG PTN THEN COMMENCING THU NITE AND FRI WITH CHC
SHWRS...AS MOISTURE COLLECTING ALNG GULF COAST LFTS NWWD.

.SDF...NONE.

STUREY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 20, 5:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
554 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0545 PM    HUNTINGBURG               IN   WIND DAMAGE
09/20/00   DUBOIS                         TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

Local storm report, Sep 20, 6:41 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
641 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0635 PM    SALEM                     IN   WIND DAMAGE
09/20/00   WASHINGTON                     REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          TREES DOWN.

Local storm report, Sep 20, 7:06 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
706 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0655 PM    BORDEN                    IN   WIND DAMAGE
09/20/00   CLARK                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
                                          TREES DOWN, ALSO TREES
                                          DOWN IN CHARLESTOWN AND
                                          IN MANY PARTS OF THE
                                          COUNTY.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 20, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	24 min
Sep 20, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange	33 min
Sep 20, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange	29 min
Sep 20, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	26 min
Sep 20, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Scott	33 min
Sep 20, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	29 min
Sep 20, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Oldham, Trimble	29 min
Sep 20, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	56 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.